The Russian military intervention in the Syrian Civil War started on 30 September 2015, with 4,000 Russian military personnel being stationed in Syria. The Russian forces also consisted of: 25 strategic bombers, 20 tactical bombers, 12 attack bombers, eight fighter aircraft, 16 attack helicopters and various other aircraft.
As of 6 March 2018, there have been 85 officially confirmed Russian Armed Forces fatalities in the war. Also, two investigative groups reported a conservative estimate of at least 73-101 private military contractors (PMCs) being killed between October 2015 and December 2017, while the founder of one of the two groups stated the PMCs' death toll was at least 100-200. Another blogger said at least 150 were killed and more than 900 were wounded. The PMCs belonged to the Russian company "Wagner". A combination of evidence compiled by both the groups and Reuters would put the number of killed PMCs between October 2015 and late December 2017, at 184. In addition, at least 24 fighters have been killed that were possibly regular military, but their status has not been officially confirmed.
Video Russian Armed Forces casualties in Syria
List of fatalities
Confirmed
The following is a list of the fatal casualties among the regular Russian Armed Forces:
Status unclear
The following is a list of fatal casualties among those that were possibly regular military, but were not officially confirmed.
Maps Russian Armed Forces casualties in Syria
On 25 December 2016, a Russian military Tupolev Tu-154 with 92 people on board crashed in the Black Sea during a flight from Sochi International Airport, Russia to Khmeimim, Syria. There were no survivors. Among those killed were: 64 members of the Alexandrov Ensemble choir, nine journalists, eight crew members, eight other passenger soldiers, two federal civil servants and a prominent Russian humanitarian worker.
See also
- List of aviation shootdowns and accidents during the Syrian Civil War that include Russian aircraft lost during the Syrian Civil War.
- Wagner Group
References
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